On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:59:35 -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > Hello, all. This is off-topic because I'm not asking how to create a > Debian boot stick. There seem to be good how-to documents for that. > However, we are thinking of creating a large number of Debian boot > sticks and neither I nor may staff have any experience using them and we > have a limited number of devices for testing. > > Our concern is the end user experience and how most PCs (probably widely > varies based upon the age) react to them. Is using them typically as > simple as plugging it in and turning on the computer or are we going to > have a nightmare of support calls walking people through their BIOS > settings to get their systems to boot from their Debian USB stick? > Thanks - John
Expect the latter. Assuming that a given PC supports USB booting (most do, these days), generally it needs a key (mine is F12, but they vary) pressed during the boot sequence, to choose to boot from a different device - as a one-time option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j360jv$eho$1...@dough.gmane.org
